Benefits & Financial Inclusions Officer

Islington, Finsbury Park, Islington

Benefits & Financial Inclusions Officer

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Islington, Finsbury Park, Islington

  • Part time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 4 Dec | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: b6ef6cf9852d40b490352435d27ec06e

Full Job Description

  • Provide support and advice on money management signposting to specialist agencies when necessary.
  • Complete income and expenditure forms to support tenants to set up affordable repayment plans for outstanding debts.
  • Complete welfare benefits mandatory reconsiderations and appeals.
  • Advice concerning Universal Credit.
  • Casework support with ongoing queries.
  • Work collaboratively with both internal and external departments and partner agencies.
  • We are looking for someone who has a passion for delivering excellent support to residents, always striving to go above and beyond for our residents and can demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and thrives in a team-oriented, collaborative setting. You You will need to have a passion for our belief that everyone is entitled to a quality, affordable safe home. You will need to be highly committed and motivated to contribute to our mission to be viewed as a brilliant housing association by our residents, stakeholders and staff. You will work closely with our housing teams to ensure our services are delivered to the highest standards and help our residents to sustain their tenancy. This role will play a key role in enhancing our customer journey, offering creative solutions and driving continuous improvement. If you're a proactive, detail-oriented individual with a commitment to providing outstanding service, we'd love to hear from you! Grow your skills, take on new challenges, and be part of a supportive team at ISHA., We want ISHA to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBTQ+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that passionate commitment to customers, respect for everyone, pride in Team ISHA and trusted to make the difference remains at the heart of everything we do., ISHA is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview, or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us., Please note we're not responsible for the content of job ads, as they're posted by the recruiter. We'll aim to resolve the reported issue and we'll use your feedback to improve the quality of our ads.

    At ISHA, we are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic individual to join our team as a Benefits & Financial Inclusions Officer in the Income Team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual to be part of a thriving organisation, where you'll be at the heart of delivering outstanding service and making a real difference in the lives of our residents.

    About ISHA We are a small but ambitious housing association at a critical juncture. Our ambition is for the communities we are anchored in and exist to serve, and we have done and achieved much over the past few years. But in these challenging times we know we'll achieve nothing unless we are equally ambitious for own our people. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. We strive to build a more diverse organisation, where everyone feels empowered to bring, and be, their best self to work. We can't be a brilliant landlord if we don't partner with brilliant colleagues. Could you be one of them and be trusted to make the difference?

    We'll offer you a generous pension scheme (up to 10% employer matched contributions and a death in service benefit), 29 days annual leave (increasing after five years' service), eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits (see attached). We have an evolving wellbeing offer, that is being developed following employee feedback, and we will invest in your professional development with on-going training and career development opportunities.